Volume I: The Adventurer's HandbookBe an indomitable fighter and carry a bright sword and steely armor into battle. Be an enigmatic magic-user and bend the very laws of reality to your will. Be a righteous cleric and deliver judgement to the blasphemers.The choice is yours — who will you be? Herein are guidelines for creating and running a character in the medieval-fantasy world of Delving Deeper.

What is the Delving Deeper RPG?

Delving Deeper is an emulation of the original fantasy role-playing game.

Meticulously forged over two long years of development, Delving Deeper invites you to recreate the original role-playing experience as it was in its earliest days.Return to a time when three alignments were enoug...

What foul monster lurks beneath this bridge or beyond that door? What fabulous treasure does this abomination or that horror guard?Herein are the answers to these questions and many more. This essential reference is brimming with inspiration for the Delving Deeper referee, offering challenges and rewards for first-time adventures and for hardened stalwarts alike.

What is the Delving Deeper RPG?

Delving Deeper is an emulation of the original fantasy role-playing game.

Meticulously forged over two long years of development, Delving Deeper invites you to recreate the original role-playing experience as it was in its earliest days.Return to a time w...

Volume II: The Referee's GuideYours is the highest calling.While players run individual characters, you run the rest of the world!You design the dungeons, you build the towns and cites, you sow the plots and schemes of squabbling goblins and feuding Kings across the entire world. Herein are guidelines for designing, exploring, and running a living medieval-fantasy world for Delving Deeper.

What is the Delving Deeper RPG?

Meticulously forged over two long years of development, Delving Deeper invites you to recreate the original role-playing experience as it was in its earliest days!Return to a time when three alignments were enough, when a handful of character classes ruled, and when magic swords had their own ideas about who's boss.If ...

Delving Deeper, into the chaos of the past where you trusted more on other players because of certain abilities they had and not just yourself and "powers". This is truly the Retro Original, where THAC0 ruled and 4E D&D powers drooled. Though i give [...]

I've been watching, waiting, and in many ways participating in the epic journey that has created Delving Deeper. The guys involved are all passionately devoted to quality and faithfulness to the "originals" without violating the OGL. My gaming geek [...]

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